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Raven Ekundayo (I'm about to SHINE)

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About Me


It's an amazing blessing to know why you were put on this earth. It's a blessing I've been scared to share with others until my amazing and God sent Best Friend told me that it was meant for me to share. So I take his words and share with you that I was put on this earth to help people. My journey has begun....
I'm an artist. That could mean different things to different people. I'm a lover of words. I'm a poet as well as a journalist. I attended the Baltimore School for the Arts for theater. I love all things "different". I'm a firm believer that "normal" is evil. I am not a fan of normalcy or those who would champion it. My gifts were meant to free people. Normalcy is the matrix in my eyes.
I see things in ways others choose not to or simply can't. My mental is wrapped around a universe that as time goes on I realize others can't quite see. My views are quite abstract, I like that. In my eyes Black/Brown is the most inspiring of colors. In my eyes my people are still Kings and Queens, even if this reality shows me they have no clue of their power. In my eyes those who think that a persons sexual orientation means ANYTHING in the grand scheme of things is missing the big picture. Be less concerned with who someone loves and more concerned with drop out rates and round the clock murders. Ya Dig?
eXcaping the matriX is a metaphor for getting away from whatever has you mentally or physically trapped in life.Peer Pressure, mental or physical abuse, Not accepting yourself for any number of reasons, not accepting your color, brainwashing to believe the beliefs of others without being given the chance to think for yourself. These are just a few ways once can be trapped in a matrix. Trust me, there's MANY more ways....
It's time to eXcape....when the time comes everyone will choose their own way to eXcape the matriX. My journey is to help as many people eXcape as humanly possible before I'm called home. Peace and love is the answer. Honesty and blunt truth is what will save souls. Violence, and ignorance are for the weak minded. Are you ready to eXcape?....

My Interests



October/November issue of ETM.com

As stated before I'm a journalist. My company is Ravolution Multimedia. Check out the companies Myspace page www.myspace.com/ravolution. My companies 1st venture is eXcapethematriX.com. This online magazine started in 2006 and gets better with every issue. The purpose? To free minds through intelligent entertainment.I write for several magazines including Gabriel's The Magazine (www.iamthemagazine.com)for which I am Editor @ Large and A.I.R.R. Magazine (www.airrmagazine.com) for which I am the senior editor.I'm also a poet. I've been writing poetry since I was little. It's great therapy. And it gives me a wonderful way to express myself and speak on so many issues that I'm passionate about. I love words. I also want to write a book of poetry soon. I'm also an actor, though I haven't performed in some time. I plan to change that in 2007. I'm also a lover of all things political. It's funny, I haven't always been that way, but now I don't see how I could have ever been so clouded as to not know what's going on in the world. Know thy enemies well......

I'd like to meet:

The magazine I created with my amazing staff (eXcapethematriX.com) has afforded me the chance to meet a lot of amazing people. I would still love to meet Brother Cornel West and Brother Aaron Mcgruder. But as corny as it sounds I would like to meet you. Yeah you. lol. I'm interested in networking with brothers and sisters who yearn to help the world in any way at all. Or if you simply want to converse about any number of topics. The mind is a fascinating to me. I'm always up for a good conversation.

www.excapethematrix.com

Music:

Man please....How much time do you have? I love Fertile Ground, Jill Scott, Sade, Maxwell, Cree Summer, India Arie, Toni Braxton, Brandy, Cold Play, Monica, Christion, Rachid ( so many people slept on him ), Sol Edler ( what's good my brother! ), Lalah Hathaway, Me'shell, Donnie, 112, Coltrane, Madonna, Mariah, Janet, Lenny Kravitz...ok..I will go on forever, like seriously. Ima stop. If I think of more I'll come back..lol.

Movies:

Bamboozled, Best man, The Huey P. Newton Story, Malcolm X, The Crow, The Lord of The Rings Trilogy, The Matrix Trilogy, Farenheit 9/11-Bowling For Columbine, Waiting to Exhale, Crash....

Television:

Real Time with Bill Maher

Books:

www.excapethematrix.com
To many...Like Malcolms Auto, and Dick Gregory's "Nigger", anything by E.Lynn Harris, all of Aaron Mcgruders books, all of what "Matters" to Cornel West...and so much more. And I could never forget the "Celestine Prophecy"...what an amazing read.

Heroes:

My hero's? That's easy. My moms...A single woman who raised a son and daughter with only the help of her mother. My mom IS super woman. I love her with everything that makes up who I am. She is brilliant. She's beautiful. She is the earth. When God see's fit I will give her everything, and why not, she's given everything to me.And my grams. This world really does have people in it that are filled with nothing but good energy. My grandmother is so beautiful it makes me emotional thinking about it. I often wonder why everyone can't be a positive and nice as she. I love her with all of my heart and I see her as a hero because seeing her always reminds me that being a positive person isn't a bad thing. I'm allergic to drama and negative energy..and I don't want a cure.

My Blog

The weekend - 11/09/07 thru 11/11/07

So my weekend was....wow...well I don't even know how to start. What I do know is that it was so moving I had to put it into a Blog. It was so touching on an emotional level and it taught me a great d...
Posted by Raven Ekundayo (I'm about to SHINE) on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:04:00 PST

Genarlow Wilson is getting out of jail....

Sup people. I pulled this article offline thanks to my Fam in the "Pink Room" on Lalah Hathaways message board. His ass shouldn't have been in jail to begin with. If you've never heard of this issue g...
Posted by Raven Ekundayo (I'm about to SHINE) on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:56:00 PST

Lynch A Nigger Part II

One of my 1st Blogs on Myspace was entitled "Lynch A Nigger". I consider it one of the most important things I've ever written. The time has come again to speak my mind. I'm bothered in my spirit and ...
Posted by Raven Ekundayo (I'm about to SHINE) on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:46:00 PST

What does Trust mean to you?

I typed out this loooong Blog but It's not needed. I asked a simple question and I hope you all can answer in your own individual way. What does trust mean to you?...
Posted by Raven Ekundayo (I'm about to SHINE) on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:10:00 PST

What does Peace mean to you?

So I said to myself "Self, I think it's time we change the way we write our Blogs". After my last Blog I decided I needed something a little more........happy. Lol. So with that I decided I would have...
Posted by Raven Ekundayo (I'm about to SHINE) on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:43:00 PST

This Sh*t has to stop!

I haven't written a blog in a long long time. The honest truth is I've had several times in the past few months where I wanted to put up a new entry, but the passion wasn't there....that is no longer ...
Posted by Raven Ekundayo (I'm about to SHINE) on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:01:00 PST

Check out my latest articles in AIRR Magazine and Flywire

Peace and Blessings Family.... I know it's been a long time since a brother wrote a Blog but I've been blessed with a busy schedule,however, there are articles that are new, and some I simply haven't ...
Posted by Raven Ekundayo (I'm about to SHINE) on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:08:00 PST

New A.I.R.R. interview with RNB and more.....

Peace Family,A.I.R.R. Magazine is new and improved. The site looks new and new articles have been added. This week check out the new interview with "RNB". A brother who plans do bring some much needed...
Posted by Raven Ekundayo (I'm about to SHINE) on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:03:00 PST

Rahbi's interview for A.I.R.R. Magazine

Peace Family, So for a long time I sent out bulletins informing you of the new website Reign, Tokyo and myself were putting together. Well now it's here. A.I.R.R. is up and running and I'm hitting...
Posted by Raven Ekundayo (I'm about to SHINE) on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:25:00 PST

Check out all my latest articles.....

Peace Fam, Ok, so I have a few articles that came out over the past week. I figured I would creat a Blog for them as not everyone gets to see the bulletins if you have friends that post them like ther...
Posted by Raven Ekundayo (I'm about to SHINE) on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:17:00 PST